Design and Creative Direction
IVAN HUNGA GARCIA

Curator
SOFIA TUDELA

Production and Assembly
SACO AZUL, HAUTE GARDENER,
SOFIA TUDELA E SARA VALDEZ

Tattoo Artist
CAROLINA ARDENTE

Visual Identity
DANIEL BERTINI

Video
FILIPA CASTRO GOMES

CAMPAIGN;
Photography
JACQUES DELACROIX

Make-up
INÊS MARQUES

Hairstylist
SARA VALDEZ

Models
CATARINA SILVEIRO E JAMES CONDE

Production
FILM ARCHIVE






F.A.U.X, 2025
Exhibition at Saco Azul, Maus Hábitos

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F.A.U.X. — Fetish Amulets Under X marks artist Ivan Hunga Garcia’s first solo exhibition outside the performative world of fashion, where they have been establishing a practice deeply rooted in material research, identity expression, and the deconstruction of boundaries between art, design, and the politics of the body. The exhibition features eleven life-sized objects that propose a narrative sequence interweaving themes such as voyeurism and BDSM.

At the heart of the project is Scoby (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), a biological membrane produced through kombucha fermentation, which the artist cultivates themself and applies as an alternative to leather and other synthetic materials commonly used in fetish wear.

In this project, Garcia breaks away from traditional runway and gallery contexts, proposing a new exhibitionary lexicon where the audience’s body is called to take a stance—ethically, aesthetically, and physically—in relation to the objects. These do not merely represent intentions; they demand action. F.A.U.X. is, ultimately, a manifesto against aesthetic neutrality and the sterility of form. It is a call to experience—sensory, emotional, and psychic. A territory where art can be touched.




Preface
FATUMATA DJABULA

Curatorial Text and Languages of Silence
SOFIA TUDELA

Epilogue
PEDRO VASCONCELOS

Author's Note
IVAN GARCIA

Editorial Design
DANIEL BERTINI